Yorick vs Jayce
How to Beat Jayce as Yorick
based on 1,049 Yorick vs Jayce matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yorick vs Jayce Matchup Summary
Best Yorick vs Jayce Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jayce as Yorick
Tips for Playing as Yorick against Jayce
You do not need to cast Awakening to regain the ability to cast Last Rites.
You can send the Maiden down a lane alone, be careful though, as she represents a large portion of your combat power.
The Maiden will attempt to assist you in a fight, so choose your targets well.
Advice to Win Against Jayce
Jayce is strong in the early game. If he gains the advantage, play defensively.
Jayce can attack in melee or at range. Pay attention to his stance and weapon color to know how he is going to attack.
If you see Jayce drop his Acceleration Gate, be careful, he is probably about to cast Shock Blast.
Yorick vs Jayce Counter Stats
How to Counter Jayce with Yorick in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several vital Yorick against Jayce matchup stats that may help us explain the distinctions between the two. For instance, Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jayce’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Jayce..
Yorick typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Jayce. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Yorick and Jayce
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Who is Better, Yorick or Jayce?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Yorick usually wins when taking on Jayce, with a 53.6% win rate. Thus, Yorick makes a great counter to Jayce.
While Yorick does have a higher win rate compared to Jayce, when they face off with one another, Yorick also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champ to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Yorick into Jayce.
Additionally, Yorick also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jayce. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Yorick vs Jayce matchups, Yorick is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Yorick is a great counter to Jayce. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Yorick against Jayce.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Yorick to counter Jayce during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yorick most often picks up a similar amount of CS as Jayce. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Yorick versus Jayce build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Hullbreaker. When Yorick included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when facing Jayce than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Yorick had an average winrate of 53.6% when countering Jayce with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of annihilating Jayce as Yorick, Yorick players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Demolish runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Yorick vs Jayce counterpicks, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 53.6% winrate overall.
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